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Note: genuki.com has just about everything and covers most needs for reviewing information about Temperley in Northumberland and Co. Durham.  Northfiche has quite a bit of information on the availability of records, and in fact will reference NDFHS when a particular area has been covered by NDFHS.

GENUKI Northumberland
 
Parish Search

Search facility at Newcastle University's site

Locality Search on FamilySearch

FHL Catalog Can search by film #, subject, locality, surname

FamilySearch  LDS website

IGI Batch Number Search  Some of the parishes not on IGI can be found below*

Northfiche - parish records page  the wills for Hexamshire may be at York *

Original  Indexes

Cleveland FHS This is especially helpful for middle to south co Durham

NDFHS Northumberland and co Durham Family History Society

Old Survey Maps - UK  for the rural areas, type 'Haydon Bridge' and track N.E.

Disclaimer: The familyrecords.gov consortium is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Other government sites:

http://www.groni.gov.uk The General Register Office for Northern Ireland web site has a section on historical records.

Major genealogy sites:

http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Covers every county in the UK and includes information on places, libraries, archives, family history societies. Many Trade Directories and Gazetteers on-line as well as census information and much, much, more.

http://www.cyndislist.com/ an immensely popular US based site covering the whole world and with over 65,000 links. Has an enormously useful A-Z subject list where you can find links to every possible genealogical topic.

http://www.familysearch.com/ Family Search, the LDS genealogy site. Over 400 million names on this immense database. You can also download free family history software from here.

http://www.rootsweb.com/ Rootsweb is an immense US genealogical co-operative with links to many other projects such as the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild and FreeBMD. Has over 19,000 mailing lists through which you can communicate with other family historians.

http://www.genealogyportal.com/ a major genealogy portal site with numerous links as well as help and advice.

Migration ~ Immigration and Emigration:

http://www.blaxland.com/ozships Australian arrivals and departures 1788-1967

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/ the essential site for researching the British "Home Children" who were sent to Canada between 1870 and 1940

http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/ships.htm an index of ships 1829-1900 with information from various newspapers.

http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html a variety of passenger lists.

http://istg.rootsweb.com find your immigrant ancestors

http://www.hamburg.de/LinkToYourRoots/english/welcome.htm if you think your ancestors came via Hamburg

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/index.shtml passenger lists and much information about ships

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~clday/ an extensive site covering everything you need to know about your European ancestors in India and how to trace your family history there.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/pass.html links to passenger list, migration and maritime information on the web.

British Births, Marriages and Deaths/Parish Registers

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ volunteers who are putting the GRO birth, marriage and death indexes on the web. You can search for your ancestor by name and if you find them, get the information you need to order a birth, marriage or death certificate. The main period covered is from 1837 to 1901. Over 20,000,000 unique records are on line so far and they plan to get them all on-line eventually.

http://freereg.rootsweb.com/ The FreeREG Project's objective is to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist church registers in the UK

http://www.ancestorsreunited.com/ a commercial company offering a gravestone/church photography service based in Scotland and covering the entire UK.

Military Records

http://www.cwgc.org/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission site including the Debt of Honour Register which provides personal and service details, and places of commemoration for those who died whilst serving with Commonwealth forces during the First and Second World Wars.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/ Imperial War Museum site, including background information, exhibits and document collections.

http://www.army.mod.uk/ceremonialandheritage/museums_main.htm Ministry of Defence guide to museums.

http://www.forcesreunited.org.uk A site that could help with more recent family history. The site aims to help Forces and Ex-Forces Personnel find old friends - but the site stresses that you are welcome if you "even just knew someone in the forces".

http://www.comradesandcolleagues.com A military reunion site for all the forces in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Users must register to use the site (free) but there are additional benefits for those who sign up for full membership (£6 per annum).

Census

http://www.kindredkonnections.com / includes the 1871 Cornwall census

http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/victorian.html help with researching Victorian London, particularly useful in connection with the 1841-1891 censuses.

Wills

http://www.pro-online.pro.gov.uk This website, brought to you by the Public Record Office allows you to purchase electronic, scanned images of original wills. To date wills from 1850 to 1858 are available but more will follow. It costs £3 to download a will.

www.scottishdocuments.com allows you to search for your ancestor's will by name. You will be charged £5 to dowload a digitised colour copy of the original will, but it is free to search the database of 300,00 names. The wills cover the years between 1500 and 1875.

http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff/eshop/Wills/home.htm This index includes all the wills 1492-1857 proved at the Chester diocesan consistory court and now held at the Cheshire Record Office.

http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/holdings.htm#contents
The records of the Prerogative Court of York are held at the Borthwick Institute of the University of York.

Probate Search Room - http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/fandl/prob_guidance.htmWills later than 1 January 1858 may be consulted in the Probate Search Room.

Other useful sites:

http://www.sog.org.uk The Society of Genealogists with links to useful genealogical websites and much more.

Glossary of archaic Scots words and phrases
This glossary should be a very useful resource for genealogists looking into Scottish ancestry.

Scottish Archive Network This web site will provide access to the wills of Scots from 1500-1875, the catalogues of nearly 50 Scottish archives as well as a host of other useful resources for anyone interested in documentary sources and Scottish history.

http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

http://www.familia.org.uk/ the UK and Ireland's guide to genealogical resources in public libraries.

http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm index to archaic medical terms with modern explanations.

http://www.ancestry.com/ - a huge genealogical database

http://www.everton.com/ …. and another

http://www.genealogy.com/ … and another

http://www.genhomepage.com/ … and another

Sites useful for Cumberland England, research.

http://212.125.77.51/home.htm Listed Buidings Site in UK
http://63.195.75.26/ searchable census for parts of Cumberland
http://come.to/ostle Ostle website
http://communities.msn.co.uk/MatterdaleMatters Matterdale website
http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html Occupations directory
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ St Catherines house index(partial)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ lostfound/ Index of Strays
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html. Canadian Immigration
http://kendal.portland.co.uk/ Kendal website
http://markhousby.tripod.com Housby Family History
http://members.shaw.ca/justgen/cul.htm List of Links
http://members.aol.com/GrtClifton/index.htm site for Great Clifton
http://mss.nott.ac.uk/cats/port_londonplc_election.html Lowther information
http://prodigi.bl.uk/nlcat/ Newspapers catalogued online
http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CUMBERLAND-L Index if e-mails to Cumberland List
http://swj.members.easyspace.com/index.html Steve Hills family website
http://regiments.org/ Military History site
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albion/albion2.html  History of Cumberland and borders emigration
www.1891census.co.uk/ sells 1891 census fiches but also lists areas together.
www.1914-1918.net/home.htm First World War site
www.203.111.111.137/cgi-bin/bdm?form=indexes New South Wales BMD index
www.203.111.111.75/cgi-bin/bdm?form=indexes NSW BM&D index
www.abebooks.com directory of 2nd hand&Antique booksellers
www.actrix.gen.nz/users/ngaiopress/drhocken.htm passenger arrivals NZ
www.afd.co.uk/pcsearch.htm Postal Codes
www.agrinetinternational.com/uk/hayton-castle/ Hayton Castle Aspatria Cumbria
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ local maps
www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm genealogy watchdog site
www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3877.htm commercial site, but helpful
www.ancestry-search.co.uk Headstone Inscriptions in Whitehaven area
www.ancientfaces.com Database of Ancestoral photos
www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders Master mariners index
www.anzac.org/ war graves database
www.archives.ca Canadian National Archives
www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&0202&e&top&0 Canadian Archives Service
www.attgendept.nsw.gov.au/bdm NSW BM&D index
www.avoca.vicnet.net.au/ dpsoc/dpspaget.htm Melbourne Dead persons society
www.backtoroots.co.uk Commercial Research Service
www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Services/IndexSrch.html New South Wales records
www.bibliomania.com/Reference/Webster/index.html Old Dictionary with medical& farming terms
www.bl.uk/collections/manuscripts/collectn.html Information on early research
www.bookfinder.com self explanatory
www.booksearch-at-hay.com Second hand books website
www.bordernet.co.uk/ Border Web
www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora. Irish Genealogy
www.bt.com/phonenetuk/ Current phonebook
www.btinternet.com/ grigg/fulllist.html  Roland Griggs very good website
www.caldbeck.simplenet.com/tour.html Site covering Caldbeck and area
www.carlislecathedral.org.uk/wpages/1index.htm Carlisle Cathederal website
www.carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/shipping/mig-nz3.htm Passenger ships to NZ
www.catholic-library.demon.co.uk/ Catholic Churches
www.chapelbooks.co.uk  Sells books papers etc on Genealogical matters
www.church-directory.com  Directory of Churches
www.churchsurf.com/ Church Directory
www.cofe.anglican.org/location/index.html Church of England site
www.cohsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/db/ship2.pl State of Victoria immigrants 1852-1879
www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html Occupations
www.cumberlanduk.com/ Old Cumberland website
www.cumberlanduk.com/members/kevinrobinson/freecenhome.htm 1891 census transcription project
www.cumbria.com/bulletin/board.htm Cumbrian message board
www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/ Cumbria Archives
www.cumbria1st.com/ Cumbrian Information Books & Towns
www.cumbria-the-lake-district.co.uk/ Interactive map of the Lake District
www.cwaas.org.uk/  Cumb & West Antiquarian Society
www.cwgc.org/  War Graves Commission searchable database
www.du.edu/ tomills/military/uk/bargxref.htm Index of British Army Web sites
www.dur.ac.uk/Library/asc/geneal01/howard1.html Hayton Castle again
www.edenlinks.com/ Cumbrian Genealogy Site
www.edenlinks.rootsweb.com/INDEX.HTM Les Strongs excellent web site
www.englishhistory.net/tudor/life.html Tudor England website
www.ex.ac.uk/ RBurt/MinHistNet/1896-34.htm Mines site
www.familynet.co.uk Range of Genealogical services
www.familysearch.com/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp. The online IGI
www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/reg/cul.htm Cumberland Registration Districts
www.findagrave.com/ Database of burial places of the famous
www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html Dechiphering old handwriting
www.freespace.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/ships.htm Shipping lists
www.freespace.virgin.net/owston.tj/poor2.htm some poor law and bastardy a brief explanation
www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html Old Trades Directory
www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/cumbria/ List of Cumbrian Links
www.genealogy.com/genealogy/index.html Home Page of Family Tree Maker
www.gensoftsb.com/winsoft.htm Genealogy software compared
www.genswap.com/free.html Volounteer lookup site
www.genuki.org.uk Another large genealogy site
www.genuki.org.uk/big/parloc/search.html parish locator
www.genweb.net/ gen-cds/private.html Volounteer lookup site
www.geocities.com/jillcou/ Jill Coulthards family site
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Trail/8333/index4.html IGI batch numbers
www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.asp American Land Records
www.gonmad.demon.co.uk/cumbria/index.html Cumbrian Dictionary
www.gpiag-asthma.org/drpsmith/amt1.htm Old Medical terms
www.greatprogs.com/ Free Genealogy software
www.gretnagreen.com/gretna_story.html Gretna green site
www.griggr.members.beeb.net Roland Griggs website
www.hmc.gov.uk/home.htm Historical Manuscripts
www.hmc.gov.uk/mdr/mdr.htm Manorial Documents register
www.hmc.gov.uk/NRA/nra2.htm National Record of Archives
www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/nra2.htm UK National Register of Archives
www.homepages.rootsweb.com/ angels/ Volounteer lookup site
www.homepages.rootsweb.com/ hornbeck/chart.htm Relationship chart
www.infobel.com Current phone directory
www.infokey.com/hall/biblio.htm Surnames biblio
www.inscript.co.uk Lost Contact website??
www.inscriptions.fsnet.co.uk St James's Church Whitehaven MI's
www.instinct-training.co.uk/ti/ Non genealogical info on Cumberland
www.instinct-training.co.uk/ti/wc/chwc.htm Churches in Cumberland
www.interment.net/ Record of Cemeteries
www.istg.rootsweb.com/  Immigrant ship transcribers guild
www.istg.rootsweb.com/index1.html Immigrant Ships
www.judandk.force9.co.uk/workhouse.html Union Workhouses
www.knowhere.co.uk/board/kb350/  Workington Notice Board
www.lakelandcam.co.uk Excellent daily photographs of the Lake District
www.landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html Victorian Britain site
www.lds.org Latter Day Saints web site full of links
www.lightage.demon.co.uk/ Police and Criminal Archives
www.lineone.net/ c.john.halliday Scottish Hallidays website
www.localhistory.co.uk/la. Self Explanatory
www.love-lane.freeserve.co.uk/genuki/WES/ Westmorland pictures
www.lysy2.archives.nd.edu/words.htm Latin translations
www.lyvennet.com/ Cumbrian Dialect
www.magicnet.net/ noble/genuki/cfhspub.html Cumberland Family History Society site
www.magicnet.net/ noble/genuki/culcro.html Glasson information
www.mantey.co.uk Fred Manteys excellent website
www.mariners-l.freeserve.co.uk Maritime records
www.members.aol.com/GrtClifton/index.htm Clifton & Broughton Cross info
www.members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html Ships & Passeger lists
www.members.tripod.co.uk/familyhistory2/ using familysearch.org and the UK P.R.O web sites
www.members.tripod.com/ Caryl_Williams/ewills.html Wills exchange database
www.militarybooks.net/default.asp Commercial Military Books online
www.mmpublications.co.uk/ Commercial supplier of indexes
www.msgb.co.uk/msgb/lordships.html Lordships
www.nevisuk.net/dgfhs/ Dumfries & Galloway FHS
www.northcumbria.quaker.eu.org/ North Cumbria Quakers site
www.northpennineancestors.co.uk/ Self Explanatory
www.officialcitysites.org/unitedkingdom.htm Site covering British cities
www.ogs.on.ca Ontario Genealogical Society
www.old-maps.co.uk Old O.S.Maps
www.one-name.org/ One Name Indexes
www.ons.gov.uk/ Southport Certificates site
www.onthenet.com.au/ tonylang/Mainpage.html Occupations Directory
www.onthenet.com.au/ tonylang/occupa.htm Occupations(and other good stuff)website
www.open.gov.uk/pro/prohome.htm Public Records Office website
www.ordsvy.gov.uk Up to date O.S.maps
www.original-indexes.demon.co.uk/index.htm Commercial genealogy websie
www.oz.net/ markhow/englishros.htm English Records Offices and Archives
www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ParLoc.htm Parish Locator
www.phonenetuk.bt.com:8080/ Online UK phone directory
www.posom.com/hl/index.shtml  Volounteer lookup site
www.pro.gov.uk/leaflets/ri2301.htm Genalogy leaflets
www.pubsindex.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm database of Pubs Inns and their licensees
www.pwr.clara.net/clhf/clhfdate.htm Cumbria Local History Federation website
www.qfhs.mcmail.com/ Quaker Family History Society
www.quintinpublications.com/Catalog/cd.html Catalogue of old maps
www.railwayancestors.demon.co.uk/ Database of Railway workers
www.rallymap.demon.co.uk Books and Booklets for the Genealogist
www.rayspage.currantbun.com Millom website
www.reayw.freeserve.co.uk BT's for Allhallows,Dearham, Gilcrux, Flimby & Wigton parishes
www.regiments.org/milhist/ Regimental Military History
www.richardbyers.co.uk/genealogy/workington.html Workington Genealogy site
www.rootsweb.com One of the largest genealogy sites
www.rootsweb.com/ engcma/ Rootsweb Cumbrian GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/ mailist/ Rootsweb lists
www.rootsweb.com/ quakers/index.htm Quakers web site
www.rootsweb.com/ tnraogk/index.htm Volounteer lookup sitemostly American
www.rootsweb.com/compass/ships.html Passenger ships
www.rossbret.co.uk UK Hospitals and Wokhouses site
www.scroots.org/ South Carolina Genealogy forum
www.shipping.cohsoft.com.au Shipping UK - Aus
www.shoppersmart.com/otown/registrations/ Advice on getting BM &D certificates
www.s-h-systems.co.uk/ B&B booking system in UK
www.standard.net.au/ jwilliams/data.htm 1851 Emigration scheme UK to Aus
www.standard.net.au/ jwilliams/mariners.htm Mariners
www.stas.net/gen/eng.html  England Genealogy Links site inc. Chat room
www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/registration/certificates.asp GRO certificates site
www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/frames_home.html Steve Bulmans excellent site
www.streetmap.co.uk Place finder
www.symet.net/whitehouse/nzbound/ NZ passenger list
www.tcac.net/ ruthptb/Funny_Genealogy_Stuff.html Humerous Genealogy stories
www.themoor.ukf.net/ Cleator Moor Cumbria
www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk/  Lake District information
www.trytel.com/ tristan/towns/towns.html Medieval links
www.uk.emb.gov.au/bisa/births%20deaths%20marriages/bdm_ons Australian records
www.uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?place=Aspatria Placename finder
www.uk.multimap.com/map/places.cgi place locations
www.ukbdmexchange.org.uk Swap-shop of BM&D certs
www.users.zetnet.co.uk/blangston/chswills/ Wills
www.usgenweb.com/ Volounteer lookup site mostly American
www.w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/CGB/genetxt/ partial 1851 census returns
www.whitehaven.ukf.net/ History of Whitehaven
www.whitepages.com.au Australian White Pages

 

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